Â I’m just catching up on tonight’s episode of American Idol and their special “Idol Gives Back” show. What a great effort by an organization with some serious clout and weight that could really get some things changed. A single sponsor will be donating $5M if there are 50 million votes casted tonight. Melinda Doolittle performed a song by Faith Hill titled “There Will Come A Day” from her “Breathe” album. I’m not a country music fan, so I’d never heard this song before that I can remember. However, with Melinda Doolittle performing it for what I consider the first time I’ve ever heard it,Read More →

A recent commentary on Christian Music Today entitled “‘Idol’ Worship?” obviously caught my eye since one of my other blogs on the b5media networkÂ is Idol Stalker. This specific article discusses the copying or imitations of American Idol type shows for Christian artists to participate in, like Gifted on TBN or Gospel Dream on the Gospel Music Channel. They polled readers to find out if they liked the Christian spin-off ideas of Idol and the results were down the middle: 46% in favor and 54% against. One thought in general that has sparked some discussion came from the following: Of those voting in our poll againstRead More →